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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of untreated sewage and effluents in districts of Punjab, 29/10/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikram Ahuja Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 29/10/2021. The issue for consideration is the remedial action for violation of environmental norms by discharge of untreated sewage and effluents into the drains and other water bodies in Fazillka District in Punjab. In the course of consideration of the issue, scope of the matter has extended to other adjoining Districts facing such problem.

Judgement Date: 
29/10/2021
Tags:
Sanitation, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Punjab, Fazilka, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of untreated sewage at Lar, district Deoria, Uttar Pradesh in open, 29/10/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Noorul Sehar Lari Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 29/10/2021. Grievance in the application is against discharge of untreated sewage at Lar, district Deoria, Uttar Pradesh in open on land having Khasra No. 1712 with an area of 0.1980 hectares.

Judgement Date: 
29/10/2021
Tags:
Sewage Pollution, Uttar Pradesh, Deoria (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bio Remediation
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding management of solid and liquid waste at Chapra, Saran district, Bihar, 18/10/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Veterans Forum for Transparency in Public Life Vs Chapra Nagar Parishad & Others dated 18/10/2021.

The matter relates to steps for scientific management of solid and liquid waste at Chapra, District Saran, Bihar.

Judgement Date: 
18/10/2021
Tags:
Drainage, Bihar, Waste Management, Land Encroachments, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of untreated sewage water from Prahlad Garhi village, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 18/10/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K.P. Singh & Others Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 18/10/2021.

Grievance in the application is against non-compliance of order of the Tribunal, August 3, 2018 on the subject of preventing discharge of untreated sewer water from Prahlad Garhi village into storm water drain of Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam and also preventing dumping of municipal solid waste and other waste into said storm water drain in Sector 16, 17, 18 and 19 at Vasundra, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
18/10/2021
Tags:
Sewage Pollution, Drainage, Water Pollution, Ghaziabad (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Water Supply

The role of intermediaries to facilitate water-related investment

This paper identifies and analyses a diverse sample of 52 intermediaries active in deploying one or more key functions across the investment value chain for 3 specific sub-sectors: utilities, small scale water and sanitation service providers and nature-based solutions.

Publication Date: 
10/09/2021
Anne Lardoux de Pazzis, Amandine Muret
OECD
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Finance, India, Global
Health

Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment

WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2021
WHO
Tags:
Health, Air Pollution, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Radiation, Climate Change, Environment
Water Resources

Drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and housing condition in Delhi

The present report is based on the results of the State Sample of 76th National Sample Survey on ‘Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition’. This survey was carried out by this Directorate during July 2018 - December 2018. The survey on housing condition was aimed to portray several aspects of housing condition.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2021
Government of NCT of Delhi
Tags:
Drinking Water, Sanitation, Housing, Health, Delhi
Sanitation

Five lessons for shaping policies and programs to accelerate urban sanitation in Asia: a case study on the Beijing Gaobeidian wastewater treatment plant

In Asia, where rapid urbanization is occurring, inadequate water and sanitation services are a problem due to insufficient investment. Asia’s urbanization rate has risen from 32.8% in 1991 to 51.1% in 2020, and more than half of the world’s urban population already lives in Asia.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2021
Asian Development Bank Institute
Tags:
Urban Sanitation, Wastewater Treatment, China, Asia
Water Supply

Lessons from water, sanitation and hygiene budget advocacy experiences in South Asia

Water and sanitation are human rights, and countries have committed to a global goal of providing access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to everyone, everywhere by 2030. This requires countries to invest in WASH to progressively realise those rights, for everyone equally.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2021
WaterAid South Asia
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Budget, Finance, South Asia, India
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal dumping of septage/fecal material, Sangam Vihar, Deoli, Delhi, 27/08/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tilak Raj & Others Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 27/08/2021.

Grievance in the application was against the unscientific dumping of sewage by tractors/vehicles of the septic tank cleaners at Sangam Vihar, Deoli, Delhi. According to the applicant, these activities are causing serious damage to the environment which remains unchecked by the regulatory authorities.

Judgement Date: 
27/08/2021
Tags:
Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Sewage Pollution, Delhi, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB)

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